Our Baby Girl!

I thought I would post some info and some pictures of our little girl.  We are so excited!  She has been doing great.  Our first ultra sound she was a little hard to see so they had us come back a second time.  They said nothing seemed wrong but they wanted to be sure.  Still made me nervous... but I guess it is the start of a lifetime of worrying!  We went back for our second ultrasound and they could see pretty much everything and said she looked great!  The doctor actually said she had some long legs... must get that from Stephen because we know how short I am.  Throughout the whole pregnancy she has had a very strong heart beat so that has always been a good sign.  She has been moving non-stop (or at least it seems to me) for a couple of months now!  So far it seems like we have a very healthy little one on the way.  We feel so blessed!

As for me, at 29 weeks I'm still doing good.  Five months of vomiting was enough for me.  Thank heavens that has passed.  My heart has been throwing in some extra beats pretty consistently so my OB had me get in with a Cardiologist just to make sure all is well.  He said that this isn't a very uncommon complaint during pregnancy.  As we all know it is a great strain on the body to be supporting two people!  He said it is just the way my heart is reacting to having to pump almost 50% more blood than usual, but that it doesn't mean anything is wrong.  The extra beats were keeping my temperature extra high, to the point where I almost fainted from heat once so he put me on a low dose medication that keeps my heart rate down and helps with the palpitations.  Just to be cautious they have me wearing a heart monitor which is extremely annoying and uncomfortable... but if it helps them know what is going on then it is a good thing.  I will also have an Echo in March just to make sure all is well.

Stephen is continuing to work very had in school.  He is putting in lots of over time at work to help us get our finances in order so we are a little more ready for this little one.  He is excited about being a Dad and is putting a lot of time and effort into the nursery, pictures will come soon!

As for now, you can take a look at the ultrasound pictures we had at about 18 weeks at Fetal Photos.  We couldn't wait to find out if it was a boy or girl!!